Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
RAN 41.04/l~
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The present invention relates to steroid carboxylic
acids and derivatives thereof. More particularly, the
invention is concerned with D-homosteroid carboxylic acids and
their derivatives, a process for the m~lufacture thereof and
pharmaceutical preparations containing same.
The D-homosteroid carboxylic aci~s and their derivatives
provided by the present invention have the following general
formula
:.
COOR20
Rl~R17a
,~,~i
LO wherein R6 represents a hydrogen, fluorine or
chlorine atom or a methyl group; ~ rep-
re~en~s a hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine or
~: bromine atom; R1l represents an oxo or
; (a-H,~-OH) group when R9 represents a
hydrogen atom or an oxo, ~a-H,~-OH), (a-H,
B-fluoro) or (a-H,~-chloro) group when R9
represents a fluorine, chlorine or bromine
atom with the provi~o ~hat, in the case of
9,ll-dihalo compounds, ~he atomic number of
: 20 ~he haLogen atom in the 9 -positlon is not
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less than the atomic number of the halogen
atom in the ll-position; Rl7a represents a
hydroxy or acyloxy group and R20 represents
a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl, halo-
-(lower alkyl), hydroxy-(lower al}cyl),
acyloxy-(lower alkyl) or (lower a:Lkoxy-
carbonyl)-(lower alkyl) group and wherein
the broken line in the 1,2-position denotes
an optional carbon-carbon bond.
An acyloxy group can be derived from a sa~urated or
un~aturated aliphatic carboxylic acid, a cycloal~phatic,
araliphatic or an aromatic carboxylic acid preferably con-
taining up to 15 carbon atomsO Examples of such acids are
formic acid, acetic acid, pivalic acid, propionic acid, butyric
acid, caproic acid, oenanthic acid, undecylenic acid, oleic
acid, cyclopentylproplonic acid, cyclohexylpxopionic acid~
phenylacetic acid and benzoic acid. Especially preferred
acyloxy groups are alkanoyloxy groups containing from 1 to 7
carbon atoms. Lower alkyl groups can be straight-chain or
branched-chain and can contain 16 carbon atoms. Especially
preferred lower alkyl groups are those containing from l to 4
carbon atoms, especlally a methyl or ethyl group. The lower
alkyl moiet~es of the halo-(lower alkyl), hydroxy-(lower
alkyl), acyloxy-(lower alkyl) and (lower alkoxycarbonyl)-
-(lower alkyl) groups have the same significance. The term
"halo" includes fluoro, chloro, bromo and iodo unless
not expressly deflned to the contrary. Examples of halo~
-(lower alkyl) groups are fluorome~hyl, chloromethyl, bromo-
methyl, ~-fluoroethyl~ ~-chloroethyl and ~-bromoethyl. An
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example of a hydroxy-(lower alkyl) group is the ~~hydroxyethyl
group and an example of an acyloxy-(lower alkyl) group is`the
~-acetoxyethyl group. A (lower alkoxycarbonyl)-(lower alkyl)
group may be, for example, the methoxycarbonylmethyl group.
In the case of 9,11-dihalo-D-homosteroids of for~ula I,
~he halogen atom in the ll-position should have ~ lower atomic
weight or the same atomic weight as the halogen atom in the
9-position. In the case of D-homosterolds of formula I in
which R9 represents a hydrogen atom, Rll can only represent an
oxo or (a-H,~-OH) group.
A preerred group of D-homosterolds of formula I com-
prises tho~e in whlch Rll represents a (a-H,~-OH) group.
Furthermore, those D-hQmosteroids of formula I in which R
represents a hydrogen, fluorine or chlorine atom are preferred.
D-Homosteroids of formula I containing a double bond in the
1,2-position are also preferred.
Examples of D-homosteroids of formula I are:
11~,17aa-Dihydroxy-3-oxo-D-homoandrost-4-ene-17a~-
-carboxylic acid,
11~,17aa-dihydxoxy-3-oxo-D-homoandrosta-1,4-diene-17a~-
-carboxylic acid,
9a-fluoro-11~,17aa-dihydroxy-3-oxo-D-homoandrost-4-ene-
-L7a~-carboxylic acid,
9a-1uoro-11~,17aa-dihydroxy-3-oxo-D-homoandrosta-1,4-
~diene-17a~-carboxylic acid,
6a,9a-difluoro-11~,17aa-dihydroxy-3-oxo-D-homoandrost-
-4-ene-17a~-carboxylic acid,
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6a,9a-difluoro~ ,17aa-dihydroxy-3-oxo-D-homoandrosta-
-1,4-diene-17a~-carboxylic acld,
6a-chloro-11~,17aa-dihydroxy-3-oxo-D-homoandrost-4 ene-
-17a~-carboxylic acid,
6a-chloro-9a-fluoro-11~,17aa-dihydroxy-3-oxo-D-homo-
androst-4-ene-17a~-carboxylic acid,
6a-chloro-9a-fluoro-11~,17aa-dihydroxy-3-oxo-D-homo-
androsta-1,4-diene-17a~-carboxylic acid,
11~,17aa-dihydroxy-6a-methyl-3-oxo-D-homoandrost-4-ene-
-17a~-carboxylic acid,
9a,11B-dichloro-17aa-hydroxy-3-oxo-D-homoarldrost-4-ene-
-17a~-carboxylic acid,
9~ dichloro-17aa-hydroxy-3-oxo-D-homoandrosta-1~4-
-dlene-17a~-carboxylic acid,
6a~9a-dichloro-ll~-fluoro-l7aa-hydroxy-3-oxo-D-hom
androst-4-ene-17a~-carboxylic acid,
6a,9a-dichloro~ -fluoro-17aa-hydroxy-3-oxo-D-homo-
androsta-1,4-diene-17a~-carboxylic acid,
the methyl, ethyl, propyl and butyl esters of these compounds
as well as the 17aa-acetates, propionates and butyrates; for
example, 17aa-acetoxy-9a-fluoro-11~-hydroxy-3-oxo-D-homo-
androsta-1,4-diene-17a~-carboxylic acid me~hyl ester.
According to the process provided by the present
invention, the D-homosteroids of formula I herelnbefore are
manufactured by
a) dehydrogenating a 1,2-saturated D-homosteroid of
formula I in the 1,2-positlon,
or
b) oxidising the 3-hydroxy-~5 grouping in a D-homo-
3~ s~erold of the general formula
-- 5 --
. .. .
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COOR20
R~ ;F~
~II)
R61
to the 3-keto-~4 grouping,
or
c) fluorinating or chlorinating a D-homosteroid of the
general formula
ÇoOR20
R~R17a
~ ~ J (III)
in the 6-position and, lf desired, isomerising a 6~-isomer
obtained to the 6a-isomer,
or
d) me~hylating a D-homosteroid of the general formula
GOOR20
RI~Rl7a
(IV)
: : O
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in the 6-position,
o~ .
e) subjecting a D-homosteroid of ~he general formula
ÇooR2~)
Rl ~ R~7a
~ (V)
0~ ' '.
~5 ~62
S to a HR5-cleavage,
or
f) adding chlorine, ClF, BrF, BrCl, hypochlorous acid
or hypobromous acid to the 9,11-double ~ond of a D-homosteroid
of the general formula
~o~20
~ R17 (VI)
R6
or
g3 treating a D homosteroid of the general formula
~ .
,
:,
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COOR20
~R~7a
o
R6 '
with hydrogen fluoride, hydrogen chloride or hydrogen bromide,
or
h) hydroxyl~ting a D-homosteroid of the general formula
~o~20
~JC;Rl7a
~ ~VIII)
0~
R
in the ll-position by means of microorganisms or enzymes
obtalned thererom,
or
i) reducing the ll-keto group ln a D-homos~eroid of the
general formula
: ~oOR
o~R
(IX~
. ~ .
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-: .. ., .; : . ~ . . . . . , . , . - .
-
1~49~
to the ll~-hydroxy group,
or
j) oxidising the ll-hydroxy group in a D-homosteroid o
th~ general formula
COOR
HO~jR17a
~ (X)
O~W
R6
to the keto group,
or
k) acylating the 17a~-hydroxy group in a D-homosteroid
of the general formula
t:OOR
Rt ~ ~ OH
~ (XI)
0~
:
or
~ 1) functionally modiying the group COOR20 in a D-homo
steroid of the general formula
_ g _
~9L9~916
c ooR2
Rl~Rl7a
(XI~)
R6
or
m) degrading the 17a~ side-chain in a ~-homosteroid of
the general formula
IH20H
C~O
R~,l~R17a
~ ~XIII)
0~
~6
to the 17a~-carboxyl group,
or
n) hydrogenating the 1 r 2-double bond in a D-homosteroid
of the general formula
COOR20
R1~j R17a
~ (XIV)
OSi~
R6
-- 10 --
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; wherein in the foregoing ~ormulae R~,
R9 Rll R17a and R20 and the broken line
in the 1,2-position have the significance
given earlier, R5 represents a hydroxy
group or a fluorine, chlorine or bromine
acom, R61 represents a hydrogen atom or a
methyl group and R62 represents a fluorine
or chlorine atom or a methyl group.
The 1,2-dehydrogenation of a D-homostexoid of formula I
in accordance with embodiment a) of the process can be carried
out in a manner known per se; for example, in a microbio-
~loglcal manner or uslng a dehydrogenating agent such as iodine
pentoxide, pexlodic acld, selenium dloxlde, 2,3-clichloro-5,6-
-dicyanobenzoquinone, chloranil or lead tetraacetate.
Suitable microorganisms for the 1,2-dehydrogenation are, for
example, Schizomycetes, especiaIly those of the genera
Arthrobacter te.g. A. slmplex ATCC 6946), Baclllus (eOg. B.
lentus ATCC 13805 and B. sphaericus ATCC 7055), Pseudomonas
(e.g. P. aeruglnosa IFO 3505), Flavobacterium (e.g. F.
flavenscens IFO 3058), Lactobacillus (e.g. L. brevis IFO 3345)
and Nocardia (e.g. N. opaca ATCC 4276).
The oxidation of a D-homosteroid of formula II in
accoxdance with embodiment b) of the process can be carried
out according to the Oppenauer procedure (e.gO using aluminium
lsopropylate) or by means of oxldation agents such as chromium
trioxide (e.g. Jones' reagent) or according to the Pfitzner-
-Moffatt procedure using dimethylsulphoxlde/dlcyclohexyl-
carbodiimide ~the initially obtained Q5-3-ketone re~uirlng
,:
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subsequent isomerisation to the ~4-3-ketone) or by means of
pyridine/sulphur trioxide.
The fluorination or chlorination of a D-homosteroid of
formula III in the 6-position in accordance with e~bodiment c)
of the process can be carried out in a manner known per se.
A 6,7-saturated D-homosteroid of ormula III can be fluorinated
or chlorinated by reaction with a fluorinating or chlorinating
agent such as a N-chloroamide ox imide (e.g. N-chlorosuccin-
lmide) or with elemental chlorine [see J. Am. Chem. 72, 4534
(1950)]. Thls embodiment of the process is preferably carrled
out by converting a 6 t 7-saturated D-homosteroid of formula III
into a 3-enol ester or 3-enol ether (e.g. the 3-enol acetate)
and reacting the 3-enol ester or 3-enol ether wlth chlorlne
[see J. Am. Chem. Soc. 82, 1230 (lg60)], with a N-chloroimide
~see J. Am. Chem. Soc. 82, 1230 (1960); 77, 3827 (1955)] or
with perchloryl fluoride ~see J. Am. Chem. Soc. 81, 5259
(1959); Chem. and Ind. 1959, 1317]. Trifluoromethylhypo-
fluorite can also be used as the fluorinating agent.
Insofar a~ the previously described fluorination or
chlorination yields an isomeric mixture, that is to say, a
mixture of 6a- and 6~-(fluoro or chloro)-D-homosteroids, the
mixture can be separated into the pure isomers accvrding to
known methods such as chromatography.
The isomerisation of a 6~-(fluoro or chloro)-D-homo-
~5 steroid to a 6a-(fluoro or chloro)~D-homosteroid can be carried
out by treatment with an acid, especially a mineral acid such
as hydrochloric acid or hydrobromlc acid in a solvent (e.g.
dioxane or glacial acetic acid).
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The methylation of a D-homosteroid of formula IV in
accordance with embodiment d) of the process can be carried
out, for example, by converting a D-homosteroid of ~ormula IV
into a 3-enol ether (e.g. by treatment with an orthoformic
acid ester such as ethyl orthoformate in the presence of an
acid such as p-toluenesulphonic acid, if desired, with the
addition of the corresponding alcohol; or by trea~ment with a
dialkoxypropane such as 2,2-dimethoxypropane in methanol/
dimethylformamide in the presence of p-toluenesulphonic acid)
ana reacting the enol ether with a tetrahalomethan~ (e.g.
CBr4, CC12Bx2 or CC13Br) to give a trihalomethyl-~4-3-ketone.
A trihalomethyl-~4-3-ketone can be dehydrohalogenated with a
base such as collidine to give a dihalomethylene-~4-3-ketone
which can be converted into a 6a-methyl-~4-3-ketone by
catalytic hydrogenation under mild conditions (e.g. using a
Pd/SrC03 catalyst).
Another methylation procedure consists in converting a
1,2-saturated D-homosteroid of formula IV into a 3-enol ether
as described earlier and reacting this 3-enol ether in a
manner known per se to give a corresponding 6-ormyl derivative,
reducing the formyl group with sodium borohydride to the
hydroxymethyl group and finally dehydrating the product
obtained with cleavage of the enol ether, there being obtained
a 6-methylene-D-homosteroid of the general formula
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,
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coo~2o
R~ R17a
~ (XV)
o~
CH2
, wherein R9, R~ 17a and R20 hav th
significance given earlier.
6-Methylene-D-homosteroids of formula XV can also be
prepared by convexting a D-homosterold of ormula IV into a
3~enamine (e.g. the 3-pyrrolidinium enamine), hydroxymethyl-
ating the 3-enamine with formaldehyde and cleaving water from
the hydroxymethylation product using an acid such as p-toluene-
sulphonic acid.
A 6-methylene-D-homosteroid of formula XV can be
catalytically hydrogenated to give a corresponding 6-methyl-D-
-homosteroid of formula I in a manner known per se; for
example, using a known hydrogenation catalyst.
The HRS-cleavage from a D-homosteroid of formula V in
.
15~ accordance with embodiment e) of the process, namely a
dehydration or a dehydrohalogenation/ can be carried out in a
manner known per se. The dehydration can be carried out by
treatment with an acid (e.g.~a mineral acid such as hydro-
~ chloric acid) or w~th a base.; The dehydrohalogenation can be
': :
carried out using a base ~e.g. an organic base such as
pyridine~. -
, ~ :
! ~
~"
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In carryiny out embodiments f) and g3 of th~ process,
a D-homosteroid of formula VI or VII is conveniently dissolved
in a suitable solvent (e.g. an ether such as tetrahydrofuran
or dioxane, a chlorina~ed hydrocarbon such as methylene
chloride or chloroform or a ketone such as acetone) and left
to react with the reagent added thereto. Hypochlorous or
hypobromous acid is conveniently itself generated in the
reaction mixture; for example, from N-bromo or N-chloroamides
or imides such as N-chlorosuccinimide or N-bromoacetamide, and -
a strong acid, preferably perchloric acid. Embodiment g) is
preferred for the manufacture of 9-fluoro-11-hydroxy-D-homo-
steroids of formula I.
The hydroxylation of a D-homosteroid of formula VIII in
accordance with embodiment h) of the process can be carried
out according to methods known per se for the microbiological
ll-hydroxylation of steroids. For this ll-hydroxylation
there can be used microorganisms of the taxonomic groups Fungi
and Schizomycetes, especially of the sub-groups Ascomycetes,
Phycomycete~, Basidlomycetes and Actinomycetales. There can
also be used mutants produced in a chemical manner ~e.g~ by
treatment with nitrite) or in a physical manner te.g. by
irradiation) as well as cell-free enzyme preparations obtained
from the microorganisms. Especially suitable microorganisms
for the ll~-hydroxylation are those o~ the genera Curvularia
(e.g. C. lunata NRRL 2380 and NRRL 2178; ATCC 13633, 13432,
14678, IMI 77007, IF0 2811), Absldia (e.g. A. caerula IF0
4435), Colletotrichum (e.g. C. pisi ATCC 12520), Pellicolaria
(e.g. P. filamentosa I~0 6675), Streptomyces (e.q. S. fradiae
ATCC 10745), Cunninghamella (e.g. C. bainieri ATCC 9244,
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C, Verticellata ATCC 8983, C. elegans NRRL 1392 and ATCC 9245,
C, blakesleeana ATCC 8688, 8688a, 8688b, 8983 and C. echinulata
ATCC 8984), Pycnosporium (e.g. sp. ATCC 12231), Verticillium
(e.g. V, theobromae CBS 39858), Aspergillus (e.g. A.
quadxilieatus JAM 2763), Trlcothecium 5e.g. T. roseum ATCC
12519) and Phoma (e.g. sp. ATCC 13145),,
In carrylng out embodiment i) of the process, the keto
group in the 3-position of a D-homosteroid of formu:La IX and
the group -COOR20 therein are firstly protected. The 3-keto
group can be protectad by ketalisation or, where a 1,2-double
bond is present, also by formation of an enamine. A 20-
-carboxyl group can be protected by reaction with ethanolamine
or 2,2-dimethylaziridine tTetrah. Letters 30, 3031 (1972)] as
the oxazoline. These protecting groups can subsequently be
removed by acid hydrolysis, A ~1'2-3-ketone can be converted
into a ~l'3'5-3-enamine using a secondary amine in the
presence of titanium tetrachloride. The reduction of the
ll-ke~o group of a thus-protected D-homosteroid can be carried
out using a complex metal hydride such as lithlum aluminium
hydride, sodium borohydride or diisobutyl aluminium hydride.
The oxidation of the lL-hydroxy group in a D-homosteroid
of formula X in accordance with embodiment j) of the process
can be carried out using an oxidation agent such as chromic
acid (e.g. CrO3/sulphuric acid in acetone or CrO3/pyridine)~
i
The acylation of a 17a~-hydroxy group in a D-homosteroid
of formula XI in accordance with embodiment k) of the process
can be carrled out in a manner known per se; for example, by
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treatment with an acylating agent such as an acyl chloride or
acld anhydride ln the presence of an acid-binding agent te.g.
pyridine or triethylamine~ or in the presence of a strong acid
catalyst (e.g. p-toluenesulphonic acid). As the solvent for
the acylation there may be mentioned organic solvents which do
not contaln hydroxyl groups (e.g. chlorinated hydrocarbons
such as methylene chloride or hydrocarbons such as benzene).
It is also possible to convert a 17aa-hydroxy-D-homosteroid-
-17a~-carboxylic acid of formula XI with a corresponding
carboxylic acid anhydride initially into a mixed anhydride of
the steroid carboxylic acid and to treat this mixed anhydride
with an acid or base (e.g. with aqueous acetic acid or aqueous
pyridine) to give the desired 17a~-acyloxy-D-homosteroid of
formula I.
The functional modification of the group -COOR~O in a
D-homosteroid of formula XII in accordance with embodiment 1)
of the process can consist, for example, in an esterification
of a 20-carboxyl group, a re-esterification of an esterified
20-carboxyl group or an esterification of a hydroxy group
present in the group R20. All of ~hese reactions can be
carried out according to methods known per se. The esterifi-
cation can be carried out, for example, by treatment of the
free acid with a diazoalkane (e.g. diazomethane in ether) or
with an O-alkyl-N,N'-dicyclohexylisourea in an aprotic solvent
or by reaction of a salt of the acid (e.g. an alkali salt)
with an alkyl halide or sulphate (e.g. methyl or ethyl iodide
or dimethyl or diethyl sulphate).
The acylation of a hydroxy group present in the group
R20 can be carried out in a manner analogous to that described
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earlier for the acylation of a 17aa-hydroxy group. The
re-esterification of an esterified carboxyl group teeg. the
replacement of an alkyl group denoted by R20 by another alkyl
group) can be carried out by reaction with the corresponding
alcohol in the presence of an acid catalyst such as perchloric
acid. D-~omosteroids in which R20 represents a halo-(lower
alkyl) or hydroxy-(lower alkyl) group can be manufactured,
for example, by reacting a salt of a D-homosteroid carboxylic
acid ester of formula XII with an appropriate sulphonyloxyalkyl
halide and subjecting the resulting sulphonyloxyalkyl ester
either to hydrolysis in order to obtain a hydroxy-(lower alkyl)
substituent R20 or to treatment with an alkali or alkaline
earth halide (e.g. lithium chloride in dimethylformamide) in
order to obtain a halo-(lower alkyl) substituent R20. Halo-
-(lower alkyl) esters can also be obtained by reacting a
D-homosteroid carboxylic acid with an appropriate aldehyde in
the presence of a hydrogen halide, conveniently in the presence
of a catalyst such as zinc chloride.
The degradation of the 17a~ side-chain in a D-homosteroid
of formula XIII in accordance with embodlment m~ of the process
can be carried out, for example, using periodic acid in a
solvent such as methanol or using sodium bismuthate.
The hydrogenation of a 1,2-double bond in a D-homosteroid
of formula XIV in accordance with embodiment n) of the process
can be carried out ca~alyt~cally; for example, using palladium
or tris~tripheny}phosphine)-rhodium chloride.
The starting materials used in the foregoing proces~,
insofar as they are not known or insofar as theix pxeparatlon
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i5 not described hereinafter, can be prepared ln analogy to
known methods or methods described in the Examples hereinafter.
The D-homosteroids of formula I possess endocrinal,
especially antii~flammatory, activity. They show a good
S ratio of the antiinflammatory activity to effects of a
mineralo or glucocorticoidal nature.
In the following Table there are compiled the results
obtained with three D-homosteroids of formula I in standard
tests which demonstrate the activity o~ this class o~ compound.
The tests carried out can be described as follow~:
1. Vasoconstriction test
-
This test demonstrates the antiinflammatory action on
the experimentally hyperemiated skin [BritO J. Derm. 69, 11
(1957)]. In this test, the degree of the vasoconstriction in
lS relation to the time was estimated visually (ater 4 and 8
hours). The colour value of the hyperemiated non-treated
skin was rated as O and the colour value of the non-hyper-
emiated skin was rated as lO0. The D-homosteroids were used
in concentration of 0.1%.
2. Mouse ear test
The D-homosteroids, dlssolved i~ croton oil, were applied
fox lS seconds under a pressure of 600 g to the right ear of
male mice weighing 25-30 g. The left ear ser~ed as the
control. 4 hours later, the mice were killed and tissue was
removed with a punch from the same position on treated and
untreated ears and weighed~ The EC50~ namely that concen-
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tration which gave a 50~ oedema inhl~ition ln comparison with
a control group, was determined.
3. Felt ~ellet test
2 felt pellets were implanted undler the skin (scapula
region) in female rats ~30-110 g) under ether narcosis. The
D-homosteroids were administered orally on 4 successive days
commencing on the day of the implantation. On the fifth day
the rats were killed, the granulomas which formed were removed,
dried and weighed. The ED40, namely that dosage which gave a
40% reduction of the granulation weight, was determined. The
thymus and kidney fresh weight as well as the weight-change
were also determined.
4. Thymolysis test
Rats employed in the Felt pellet test were used for this
test. The ED50, namely that dosage which gave a 50% reduction
in the thymus weight, was determined.
5. Adjuvant-2aw oedema test
This test was carried out on female Lewis rats weighing
130-150 g. The oedema was caused by the subplantar l~jection
of Mycobacterium butyricum ln the right hind paw (0.5 mg of
M. bu~yricum/O.l ml of liquid paraffi~. The D-homosteroids
(suspended in 0.5% tragacanth/O.9~ sodium chloride) were
administered immediately before and 24 hour~ after the
establishment of the oedema. The paw diameter was measured
~5 before and 48 hours after the establishment of the oedema.
The ED50~ namely the dosage which brings about a 50~ oedema
lnhibition, was determined by means of a graph.
.,
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Table
\ . (2) (3) (4) (5)
\ Vaso- Mouse Felt Th ~ olysis Adjuvant
D-Homo-\ Test constriction ear pellet ED oedema
steroid \ 4 hrs./ ED5~ ED4~ ( /50) ED50
\ 8 hrs. (m~7kg) (rng~kg) mg g(mg/kg)
_ _ . _ _
17aa-Acetoxy-
9a-fluoro~
-hydroxy-3-oxo
-D-homoan-
drasta-1,4- 63/77 1 9 0.9 1.3
-diene-17a~-
-carboxylic
acid methyl
ester .
17aa-Acetoxy-
-11~-hydroxy-3-
-oxo-D-homo-
androsta-1,4- 70/77 0.5 3 0.65 3.5
-dlene-17a~-
-carboxylic
acid methyl
ester
17aa-Acetoxy-
~ -hydroxy-
-3-oxo-D-homo-
androst-4-ene- 72/70
-17a~-car-
boxylic acid
methyl ester
_ _. , . . _
The D-homosteroids of formula I can be used as medica~ :
ments in the form of pharmaceutical preparations having dlrect
or delayed liberation of the active ingredient which contain
them in association with a compatible pharmaceutical carrier
3s material. This carrier material can be an organic or
inorganic inert carrier material suitable or enteral,
percutaneous or parenteral application such as watex r gelatine,
gum arabic, lactose, starch, magnesium stearate, talc,
vegetable oils, polyalkyleneglycols, petroleum ~e:lly etc.
The pharmaceutical preparations can be made up :Ln a solid form
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(e.g. as tablets, dragees, suppositories or capsules), in a
semi-solid form te.g. as salves) or ~n a liquid form (e.g. as
solutions, suspensions or emulsions). If necessary, the
pharmaceutical preparations can be sterilised and/or can
S contain adjuvant substances such as preserving, stabilising,
wetting or emulsifying agents, salts for the variation of the
osmotic pressure or substances acting as buffers.
In general, the dosage range in the case of pharmaceutical
preparations for topical administration can be about 0.01-1%
of a D-homosteroid of formula I. In the case of pharmaceutical
preparations for systemic administration, about 0.1-10 mg of a
D-homostaroid of formula I can be provided per administration.
The pharmaceutical preparations can be prepared in a
manner known per se by mixing a D-homosteroid of formula I
lS with non-toxic so}id and/or liquid carrier materials which are
customary in pharmaceutical preparations and which are suitable
for therapeutic administration (e.g. those carrier materials
mentioned earlier) and, if desired, transforming the mixture
lnto the desired pharmaceutical dosage form.
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The following Examples illustrate the proces~ provided
by the present invention:
Example 1
950 mg of D-ho~ocor~isone in 47 ml of methanol were
treated with 1.42 g of periodic acid in 9.5 ml of water and
the mixture was stirred under argon for 4 hours at room
temperature. The mixture was concentrated under reduced
pressure until a precipitate formed. Precipitation was
completed with ca 200 ml of water, and the precipitate was
filtered off under suction and dried. There was obtained
11~,17aa-dihydroxy-3-oxo-D-homoandrost-4-ene-17a~-carboxylic
acid o~ meltlng polnt 274-275C (from alcohol/ether); W :
E~42 = 15,300~ [a]D = +92 (c = 0.103% in dioxane).
In an analogous manner,
from 9a-fluoro-11~,17a~,21-trihydroxy-D-homopregna-1,4-
-diene-3,20-dlone there was obtained 9a-fluoro-11~,17aa-
-~ihydroxy-3-oxo-D-homoandrosta-1,4-diene-17a~-carboxylic acid
of meltlny point 273-274C; W : ~239 = 14,900; [a]D = -~32
(c = 0.1% in dioxane);
from 11~,17aa,21-trihydroxy-D-homopregna-1,4-diene-3,20-
-dione there was obtained 11~,17aa-dihydroxy-3-oxo-D-homo-
androsta-1,4-diene-17a~-carboxylic acid of melting poin~
237-238C; UV: ~243 ~ 1~,~00; and
from 6a-fluoro~ ,17aa,21 trihydroxy-D~homopregna-1,4-
-dlene-3,20-dione there was obtained 6a-fluoro~ ,].7aa-
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-dihydroxy-3-oxo-D-homoandrosta-1,4-diene-17a~-carboxylic
acid; W : ~243 = 14,900.
Example 2
A solution of 120 mg of 11~,17aa-dihydroxy-3-oxo-D-
-homoandrost-4-ene-17a~-carboxylic acid and 0.13 ml of
triethylamine in 3.1 ml of methylene chloride was treated
dropwise at 0C with 0.88 ml of acetyl chloride and the
mixture was stirred for 40 minute~. The mixture was diluted
with methylene chloride and washed successively with 3% sodium
hydrogen carbonate solution, l-N hydrochloric acid and water,
dried and evaporated. The residue was dissolved in 3.1 ml of
acetone and treated with 0.1 ml of diethylamine. The mixture
was concentrated ln vacuo, the precipitate which thereby
separated was filtered off under suction, dissolved in water,
1$ acidified with 2-N hydrochloric acid and extracted with ethyl
acetate. After drying and evaporation of the solvent, there
was obtained 17aa-acetoxy-11~-hydroxy-3-oxo-D-homoandrost-4-
-ene-17a~-carboxylic acid of melting point 167-170C (from
acetone/hexane); UV: E241 = 13,900; ~a]D ~ +39 (c = 0.1%
in dioxane).
In an analogous manner,
i from 11~,17aa-dihydroxy-3-oxo-D-homoandrost-4-ene-17aB-
-carboxyL1c acid methyl ester there was obtained 17aa-acetoxy-
hydroxy-3-oxo-D-homoandrost-4-ene-17a~-carboxylic acid
methyl es~er of meltlng polnt 235-237C (from ether); W :
E2~2 - 15,750j ~a]D = +49 ~c = 0.1% in dioxane);
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from 9a-fluoro~ ,17aa-dihydroxy-3-oxo-D-homoandrosta-
-1,4-diene-17a~-carboxylic acid there was obtained 17aa-
-acetoxy-9a-fluoro~ -hydroxy-3-oxo-D-homoandrosta-1,4-diene-
-17a~-carboxylic acid of melting point 232-234C; W : E240 =
15,200; [a]D = ~6 tc = 0.108% in dioxane)j
from 11~,17aa-dihydroxy-3-oxo-D-homoandrosta~1,4-diene-
-17a~-carboxylic acid there was obtained 17a-acetoxy-11~-
-hydroxy-3-oxo-D-homoandrosta-1,4-diene-17a~-carhoxylic acid
of melting point 251C (decomposition); W : ~243 = 14,500;
~a~D = +25 (c = 0.1% in methanol); and
from 6a-fluoro-11~,17aa-dihydroxy-3-oxo-D-homoandrosta-
-1,4-diene-17a~-carboxylic acid there was obtained 17aa-
-acetoxy-6a-fluoro-11~-hydroxy-3-oxo-D-homoandrosta-1,4-diene-
-17a~-carboxylic acid of melting point 208C (from acetone/
hexane); W r243 = 14,650~ [a]D = ~21 (c = 0.1~ in
methanol).
Exam~le 3
50 mg o 11~,17aa-dihydroxy-3-oxo-D-homoandrost-4-ene-
-17a~-carboxylic acid were dissolved in 3 ml of methanol and
treated at 0C with 2.6 ml of a 0006-N ethereal diazomethane
solution. After 5 mlnutes, several drops of acetic acid were
added and the mixtura was evaporated. Filtration on 1 g of
aluminium oxlde gave 11~,17aa-dihydroxy 3-oxo-D-homoandrost-4-
-ene-17a~-carboxylic acid methyl ester of malting point
186-1~8C (from ether); W : E2~3 = 15,750; [~]D = ~gS
(c = 0.1% in dioxane).
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In an analo~ous manner,
from 17aa-acetoxy~ hydroxy-3-oxo-D-homoandrost-4-ene-
17a~-carboxylic acid there was obtainecl 17aa-acetoxy-11~-
-hydroxy-3-oxo-D-homoandrost-4-ene-17a~-carboxylic acid methyl
ester of melting point 235-237C ~from ether), W : 15,750;
[]D = +49 (c = 0.1% in dioxane);
from 17aa-acetoxy-9-fluoro~ -hydroxy-3-oxo-D-homo-
androsta-1,4-diene-17a~-carboxylic acid there was obtained
17aa-acetoxy-9-fluoro-11~-hydroxy-3-oxo-D-homoandrosta-1,4-
-diene-17a~-carboxylic acid melting ester of melting point
244-245C; UV: ~240 = 15,100; ~a]D = ~14 (c - 0.1~ in
dioxane);
from 17aa-acetoxy-11~-hydroxy 3-oxo-D-homoandrosta-1,4-
-diene-17a~-carboxylic acid there was obtained 17aa-acetoxy-
-11~-hydroxy-3-oxo-D-homoandrosta-1,4-diene-17a~-carboxylic
acid methyl ester ofi meltlng point 235 237C; W : E242 =
15,100; [a]D = +13 (c = 0.1~ in dioxane);
from 17aa-acetoxy-6-fluoro-11~-hydroxy-3-oxo--D-homo-
androsta-1,4-diene-17a~-carboxylic acid there is obtained
17aa-acetoxy-~a-fluoro~ -hydroxy-3-oxo-D-homoandrosta-1,4-
-diene-17a~-carboxylic acid methyl ester of melting point
242 = 15,550; [a]D = ~31 ~c = 0 1% i
methanol~; and
from ll~-hydroxy-3-oxo-17aa-propionyloxy-D-homoandrost-
-4~ene-17a~-carboxylic acid there is obtained 11~--hydroxy~3-
-oxo-17aa-propionyloxy-D-homoandrost-4-ene-17a~-~carboxylic .
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acid methyl ester; W : 2~1 = 14,900; ~a]D ~ +48 (c =
0.102~ in dioxane).
Example 4
A solution of 3.2 g of 11~,17aa-dih~droxy-3-oxo-D-homo-
androst-4-ene-17a~-carboxyllc acid a~d 4.2 ml of triethylamine
in 86 ml o methylene chloride were treated dropwise at 0C
under axgon with 29 ml of propionyl chloride and the mixture
was stirred for 45 minutes. The mixture was poured into
ice-cold dllute hydrochloric acid and extracted three times
with methylene chloride. The organic solution was washed
with sodium chloride solution, dried and evaporated, Still
prese~t residues of propionic acid were removed by repeated
evaporation with tolueneO The 11~-hydroxy-3-oxo-17aa-
-propionyloxy-D-homoandrost-4-ene-17a~-carboxylic acid was
obtained as a non crystalline foam; W : ~241 a 15 ~000;
[a]D = ~37 (c = 0.1% in dioxane).
In the same manner,
from 9a-fluoro-I1~,17aa-dihydroxy-3-oxo-D-homoandrosta-
-1,4-diene-17a~-carboxylic acid there was obtained 9-fluoro
~ hydroxy-3-oxo~17aa-propionyloxy-D-homoandrosta-1,4-diene-
-17a~-carboxylic acid of melting point 221C; W : ~240 =
14j500; []D = +11 (c = 0.1% in dioxane).
Exam~le 5
420 mg of llB-hydroxy-3-oxo-17aa-propionyloxy-D-homo~
androst-4-ene-17a~-carboxylic acid, 0.5 ml of triethylamine
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and 0.5 ml of n-butyl iodide were boiled under reflux for 48
hours in 10 ml of acetone. The mixture was poured into
~ce-cold dllute hydrochlorie acid and extracted with methylene
chloride. The organic solution was washed with sodium
chloride solution, dried and evaporated, there being obtained
Ll~-hydroxy-3-oxo-17aa-propionyloxy-D-homoandrost-4-ene-17a~-
-carboxylic acid butyl ester of melting point 150-151C (from
acetone/hexane); UV: ~241 = 16,150; [a]D = ~41 (c = 0.104%
in dioxane).
In an analogous manner,
from 17aa-acetoxy-11~-hydroxy-3-oxo-D-homoandrosta-1,4-
-diene-17a~-carboxyl~c acid and methyl iodide there was
obtained 17aa-acetoxy-11~-hydroxy-3-oxo-D-homoandrosta-1,4-
-diene-17a~-carboxylic acid methyl ester which was identical
with the D-homosteroid obtained in Example 3.
Example 6
250 mg of 11~-hydroxy-3-oxo-17aa-propionyloxy-D-homo-
androst-4-ene-17a~-carboxylic acid butyl ester ~ere dissolved
in 130 ml o~ water and covered with 25 ml of water. 2.5 ml
of Jones t reagent were added thereto and the mixture was
stirred for an additional 10 minutes. The mixture was poured
into dilute sodium bicarbonate solution and extracted with
ether. The ether solutions were washed with water, dried
and evaporated. After filtration on silica gel, there was
obtained 3,11-dioxo-17aa-propionyloxy-D-homoandrost-4-ene-
-17a~-carboxylic acid butyl ester of melting point 154-156C
~from acetone/hexane); W : 238 = 16,250; ~a]D = +77
(c - 0.103% in dioxane).
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500 mg of 17aa-acetoxy-3-oxo-D-homoandrosta-4,9(11)-
-diene-17aa-carboxylic acid methyl ester in 6.5 ml of chloro-
form were treated at 0C with 1.26 ml of carbon tetrachloride
saturated with chlorine and the mixture was stirred under
argon. After 2 hours, a further 0.6 ml of chloroform was
added and the mixture stirred for 30 minutes. The mixture
was evaporated and the residue chromatographed on silica gel
with hexane/acetone, there being obtalned 17aa-acetoxy-9a,11~-
-dichloro-3-oxo-D-homoandrost-4-ene-17a~-carboxylic acid
methyl ester of melting point 241C; W : ~2~0 = 17,100;
[a]D ~ ~89 (c = 0.102% in methanol).
The starting material was prepared as follows:
780 mg of 17aa-acetoxy-113-hydroxy 3-oxo-D-homoandrost-
-4-ene-17a~-carboxylic acid methyl ester in 7.5 ml of dimethyl-
formamide and 3.7 ml of pyridine were treated at 0C with 0.84
ml of a 5% sulphur dioxide solution in dimethylformamide and
subsequently dropwise with 0.17 ml of methanesulphonyl
chloride. After stirrlng for 2 hours a~ room temperature,
6 ml of water were added and the mixture was stirred for a
further 10 minutes. The mixture was then poured into dilute
sodium chloride solution, extracted three time~ with methylene
chloride, washed twica with dilu~e sodium chloride solution,
dried and evaporated. Still present dimethylformamide was
~5 removed by repeated evaporation with toluene. Chromatography
on silica gel gave 17aa-acetoxy-3-oxo-D-homoandrosta-4,9(11)-
-diene-17a~-carboxylic acid methyl ester o~ melting point
g6-203C; UV: ~239 = 16,800.
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Exam ~e 8
goO mg of ll~-hydroxy-17aa-propionyloxy~3-oxo~D-homo-
androst-4-ene-17a~-carboxylic acid in 3 ml of dimethylformamide
were txeated with 0.5 ml of triethylamine and 1 ml of chloro
iodomethane and the mlxture was tirred at room temperature.
After 24 and 48 hours, 0.5 ml of triethylamine and 1 ml of
chloroiodomethane were again added. After a total of 72
hours, the mixture was poured into ice-cold dilute hydro-
chloric acid, extracted with methylene chloride, wa~hed with
dilute sodium chloride solution, dried and evaporated. After
chromatography on silica gel, there was obtained ll~-hydroxy-
-17aa-propionyloxy-3 oxo-D-homoandrost-4-ene-17a~-carboxylic
acid chloromethyl ester of melting point 180-181C; W :
E242 = 17,350; [a]D = ~82 ~c = 0.104% in dioxane).
Example 9
500 mg of 11~-hydroxy-17aa-propionyloxy-3-oxo-D-homo-
andro~t-4-ene-17a~-carboxylic acid chloromethyl ester in 65 ml
of acetonitrlle were treated with 1 g o silver fluoride and
the mixture was stirred. After 3 days, 0.5 g of silver
fluoride was again added. After a further 3 days, the
mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate and filtered through
silica gel. The eluate was washed with wa~er, dried and
evaporated. Chromatography on silica gel gave ll~-hydroxy-
-17aa-propionyloxy-3-oxo-D-homoandrost-4-ene-17a~-carboxylic
acid f}uoromethyl ester of melting point 171C; W : E240 =
23,700; [a]D = +59 (c = 0.101~ in dioxane).
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Exam~le 10
360 mg of 17aa-acetoxy-11~-hydroxy-3-oxo-D-homoandrost-
-4-ene-17a~-carboxylic acid methyl ester and 250 mg of selenium
dloxide were boiled under reflux under argon for 20 hours in
20 ml of tert.butanol and 0.2 ml of glacial acetic acid. The
mixture was filtered and evaporated. The oil obtained was
dissolved in ethyl acetate and washed successively with sodium
hydrogen carbonate solution, water, ice-cold ammonium sulphide
solution, dilute ammonia, water, dilute hydrochloric acid and
water. The ethyl acetate solution was dried over sodium
sulphate and evaporated. Chromatography on silica gel gave
17aa-acetoxy-11~-hydroxy-3-oxo-D-homoandrosta-1,4-diene-17a~-
-carboxylic acid methyl ester of melting point 235-237C
which was identical with the D-homosteroid obtained according
to Example 3.
Examp}e 11
A nutrient medium consisting o 0,15~ cornsteep, 0.5
peptone and 0.5% glucose in distilled water, pH 7,3, was
inoculated with Arthrobacter simplex ATCC 6946. The culture
was left to grow for 24 hours at 28C and then a solution of
25 mg of 11~,17aa-dihydroxy-3-oxo-D-homoandrost-4-ene-17a~-
-carboxylic acid in 1 ml of aqueous methanol was added, After
an incubation duration of 48-72 hours, the mycellum is
separated from the substrate and washed with water, The
wash-water combined with the substrate is extracted with
methylene chloride. Working-up of the extract yields 11~,
17aa-dlhydroxy-3-Qxo-D-homoandrosta-1,4-diene-17a~-carboxylic
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acid which is ident$cal with the D-homosteroid obtained
according to Example 1.
Example 12
505 mg of 17aa-acetoxy-3-oxo-D-homoandrosta-1,4,9(11)-
-triene-17a~-carboxylic acid methyl ester ~melting point
228-229C, prepared from 17aa-acetoxy-11~-hydroxy-3-oxo-D-
-homoandrosta-1,4-diene-17a~-carboxylic acid methyl ester in
accordance with the second paragraph of Exa~ple 7) and 445 mg
of N-chlorosuccinimide were treated with 5.1 ml of urea-HF
solution tl mol urea: 4 mol HF) and the mixture was stirred
at room temperature for 30 minutes. The mixture was poured
into water and extracted with methylene chloride. The
methylene chloride extracts were washed with dilute sodium :
bicarbonate ~olution and sodium chloride solutlon, dried and
evaporated. The crude product was chromatographed on silica
gel with ether/hexane. After crystallisation from acetone/
hexane, there was obtained pure 17aa-acetoxy-9-chloro~
-fluoro-3-oxo-D-homoandrosta-1,4-diene-17a~-carboxylic acid
methyl ester of melting point 215-216C; W : ~236 = 15,400,
[a]D = +46 (dioxane, c = 0.1~).
Example 13
2.5 g of 17aa acetoxy-3-oxo-D-homoandrosta-1,4,9(11~-
-triene-17a~-carboxylic acid methyl ester in 100 ml of dioxane
and 10 ml of water were treated with 1.73 g of N-bromoacetamide
and 11.1 ml of 10% perchloric acid and the mix~ure was stirred
at room temperature for 10 minutes. 9 g of sodium sulphite
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in 900 ml of water were then added. After stirring for a
short time, the mixture was extracted with methylene chloride,
washed with water, dried and evaporated. The crude 17aa-
-acetoxy-9-bromo~ hydroxy-3-oxo-D-homoandrosta-1,4-diene-
-17a~-carboxylic acid methyl ester and 1.5 g of dry potassium
acetate were boiled under reflux in 150 ml of alcohol for 24
hours. The mixture was concentrated, poured into water and
extracted with methylene chloride. The organic extract was
washed, dried and evaporated. The resulting crude 17aa-
-acetoxy-9~ -epoxy-3-oxo-D-homoandrosta-1,4-diene-17a~-
-carboxylic acid methyl ester was stirred at room temperature
for 20 minutes in 30 ml of a solution of 1.25 parts of hydrogen
fluoride in 1 part of urea. The mixture was poured into
ice-water and extracted with methylene chloride. The organic
ex~ract was washed with dilute sodium chloride solution, dried
and evaporated. Chromatography on silica gel gave 17aa-
-acetoxy-9-fluoro~ -hydroxy-3-oxo-D-homoandrosta-1,4-diene-
-17a~-carboxylic acid methyl ester which was identical with
the D-homosteroid obtained according to Example 3.
ExamE~14
1.05 g of ll~-hydroxy-3-oxo-l7aa-propionyloxy-D-homo-
androst-4-ene-17a~--carboxylic acid methyl ester in 10 ml of
orthoformic acid methyl ester and 10 ml of methanol were
treated with 10 ml of p-toluenesulphonic acid in a small amount
of methanol and the mixture was stirred at room temperature
for 10 minutes. After tha addition of 2 drops of pyridine,
the mixture was poured into dilute sod$um h~drogen carbonate
solution and extracted with methylene chloride~ The methylene
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chlorlde extracts were washed with dilute sodium chloride
solution, dried and evaporated. The crude ll~-hydroxy-3-oxo-
-17aa-propionyloxy-D-homoandrosta-3,5-diene-17a~-carboxylic
acid methyl ester in 35 ml of dimethyl.formamide and 3.5 ml of
water was gassed with perchloryl fluor.ide at 0C for 20
minutes. The mixture was poured into water and extracted
with methylene chloride. The extract~ were washed with dilute
sodium chloride solution, dried and evaporated. The residue
was dissolved in 40 ml of glacial acetic acid, treated with
0.4 ml of 30~ hydrogen bromide in glacial acetic acid and left
to ~tand at room temperature for 1 hour. The mixture was
then poured into ice~water, extracted with methylene chloride,
washed neutral with dilute sodium hydrogen carbonate solution
and dilute sodium chloride solution, dried and evaporated.
Chromatography on silica gel yielded 6a-fluoro-11~-hydroxy-3-
-oxo-17aa-propionyloxy-D-homopregn-4-ene-17a~-carboxylic acid
methyl ester; UV: ~234 = 15,900.
Example 15
500 mg of 3jll-dioxo-17aa-propionyloxy-D-homoandrost-4-
-ene-17a~-carboxylic acid methyl ester and S0 mg of p-toluene- ~.
sulphonic acid in 70 ml of benzene and 5 ml of ethyleneglycol
were boiled under a water-separator for 5 hours. Af~er
cooling, the benzene solution was washed with dilute sodium
bicarbonate solution and dilute sodium chloride solution,
dried and evaporated, The crude 3,3-ethylenedioxy-11-oxo-
-17aa-propiony}oxy-D-homoandrost-5-ene-17a~-carboxylic acid
methyl ester was dissolved in 25 ml of tetrahydrofuran and
12.5 ml of methanol, treated with 600 mg of sodium borohydride
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in 3 ml of water and stlrred at 20C for 8 hours. The
mixture was poured into water and extracted three times with
methylene chloride. The methylene chloride extracts were
washed with dilute sodium chloride solution, dried and
evaporated. The crude 3,3-ethylenedioxy 11~-hydroxy-17aa-
-propionyloxy-D-homoandrost-5-ene-17a~-carboxylic acid methyl
ester and 50 mg of p-toluenesulphonic acid in 15 ml of acetone
were stirred at 20~C for 16 hours. The mixture was poured
into dilute sodium bicarbonate solution and extracted with
methylene chloride. The methylene chloride extracts were
washed with dilute sodium chloride solution, dried and
evaporated. Chromatography of the residue obtained on silica
gel yielded ll~-hydroxy-3-oxo-17aa-propionyloxy-D-homoandrost-
-4-ene-17a~-carboxylic acid methyl ester of melting point
150-151C (from acetone/hexane); W : ~241 = 16,150; [a]D =
~41 (c = 0.1% in dioxane).
Exam~e 16
200 ml of 17aa-acetoxy-11~-hydroxy-3-oxo-D-homoandrosta-
-1,4-diene-17a~-carboxylic ~cid methyl ester and 200 mg of
tris(triphenylphosphine)-rhodium (I) chloride were dissol~ed
under hydrogen in 4 ml of benzene and 4 ml of alcohol and the
mixture was hydrogenated at 20C overnight. Chromatography
on ~ilica gel yielded 17aa-acetoxy~ -hydroxy-3-oxo-D-homo-
androst-4-ene-17a~-carboxylic acid methyl ester of melting
point 235-237C ~from ether); W : ~242 = 15,750; [a]D =
~49 (c = 0.1% in dloxane).
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Example 17
230 mg of 17aa-acetoxy~ -hydroxy-6-methylene-3-oxo-D-
-homoandrost-4-ene 17a~-caxboxylic acid methyl estex and 80 mg
of 1,4-diazobicyclo[2.2.2]octane were dissolved in 17 ml of
methoxyethanol, treated with 30 mg of 5% palladium/carbon and
shaken under hydrogen until hydrogen was no longer taken up.
The ca~alyst was filtered off under argon and the filtrate
treated with 1.3 ml of 25% hydrochloric acid. After 1 hour,
the mixture was poured into water, extracted with methylene
chlorlde, washed neutral with sodium hydrogen carbonate
solution and sodium chloride solution, dried and evaporated.
Chromatography on silica gel yielded 17aa-acetoxy-11~-hydroxy-
-6a-methyl-3-oxo-D-homoandrost-4-ene-17a~-carboxylic acid
methyl ester; W : E242 = 15,000.
The starting material was prepared as follows:
2~0 g of 17a~-acetoxy-11~-hydroxy-3-oxo-D-homoandrost-4-
-ene-17aa-carboxylic acid methyl ester were dissol~ed in 20 ml
of methanol and, after the addition of 1.5 ml of pyrrolidine,
the mixture was heated to reflux under nitrogen or 10 minutes.
The solution obtained was maintained at -10C overnight. The
crystalline precipitate was filtered of and dried at room
temperature und r reduced pressure. There were obtained 2.0 g
of 17aa-acetoxy~ -hydroxy-3-pyrrolidino-D-homoandrosta~3,5-
-diene-17a~-carboxylic acid methyl ester; UV: ~278 = 19,500.
2.0 g of 17aa-acetoxy~ -hydroxy-3-pyrrolidiIlo-D-homo-
androsta-3,5-diene-17a~-carboxylic acid methyl est:er were
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stirred at room temperature for 45 minutes with a mixture of
11 ml of benzene, 50 ml of methanol and 4 ml of 35% formaldehyde
solution. The crude product obtained by the usual wor~ing-up
was chromatographed on silica gel with methylene chloride/
acetone (9:1) and yielded 1.1 g of pure 17aa-acetoxy~
-hydroxy-6~-hydroxymethyl-3-oxo-D-homoandrost-4-ene-17a~-
-carboxylic acid methyl ester. 1.0 g of this D-homosteroid
was dissolved in 50 ml of dioxane and stirred at room tem
perature for 2 hours with 1 ml of water and 1 ml of concen-
trated hydrochloric acid. After the usual working-up and
chromatography of the crude product, there was obtained pure
17aa-acetoxy-11~-hydroxy-6-methylene-3-oxo-D-homoandrost-4-
-ene-17a~-carboxylic acid methyl ester; W : ~261 = 11,200.
Example 18
A solution of 1.0 g of 17aa-acetoxy 3~ dihydroxy-D-
-homoandrost-5-ene-17a~-carboxylic acid methyl ester in 50 ml
of acetone was cooled to 0C and treated within 5 minutes
while cooling and stirring with 1.8 ml of Jones' reagent.
The mixture was stirred for a further 10 minutes at 0C, then
treated with 1 ml of isopropanol, stirred at 0C for a further
15 minutes, treated with 5 ml of 4-N hydrochloric acid, again
stirred for 30 minutes and then worked-up as usual. The
crude product was chromatographed on silica gel and ylelded
0.5 g of pure 17a-acetoxy-3,11-dioxo-D-homoandrost-4-ene-
~5 -17a~-carboxylic acid methyl ester; W : ~240 = 16,0000
The following Examples illustrate typical pharmaceutical
preparations (salves) containlng the D-homosteroids of formula
I hereinbefore as the active ingredient:
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Example A
Active ingredient 0.1 wt.
Liquid paraffin 10.0 wt.%
White soft paraffin ~.s. ad100 parts by weight
The active ingredient (D-homosteroid) is ground with
some of the liquid paraffin in a ball mil} until a particle
size of less than 5 ~ is attained. The paste is diluted and
the ball mill is washed out with the remainder of the liquid
parafln. The suspension is added to the melted colourless
white parafEin at 50C and the mixture i5 stirred ~mtil it
becomes cold, there being obtained a homogeneous salve.
Exa~le B
Active ingredient 0.25 wt.
Aluminium stearate 3.2 wt.%
Liquid paraffin q.s. ad 100 parts by weight
The alumlnium stearate ls dispersed in liquid paraffin
by vortex-stirring. The suspension is heated with further
stirring, the temperature increase being carried out at a rate
of 2C per minute until a temperature of 90C is attained.
The temperature is held at 90C to 95C for 30 minutes until
a gel is formed. It is then cooled down rapidly. The active
ingredient (D-homosteroid) is milled to a partlcle si~e of
; below 5 ~ ground thoroughly with a small portion of the gel
and finally worked into ~he remaining portion of t:he gel, there
being thus o~tained a homogeneous mixture.
,k
~ , .
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~(~4~49~
Example 19
In analogy to the method described in Example 1 there was
obtained 6a,9-difluoro~ ,17aa-dihydroxy-3-oxo-D-homoandrosta-
1,4-diene-17a~-carboxylic acid, UV: ~238 = 164509 from 6a,9-Di-
fluoro~ ,17aa,21-trihydroxy~D-homopre~la-1,4-diene-3l20-dione~
Example 20
In analogy to the method described in Example 2 there was
obtai.ned 17aa-acetoxy-6a,9-difluoro-11~-hydroxy-3-oxo-D-homo~
androsta-1,4-diene-17a~-carboxylic acid, UV: ~238 = 16300, from
6a,9-difluoro-11~,17aa-dihydroxy-3-oxo-D-homoandrosta-1,4-diene-
17a~-carboxylic acid,
In analogy to the method described in Example 3 there was
obtained 17aa-acetoxy 6a,9-difluoro-11~-hydroxy-3-oxo-D-homoan-
drosta-1,4-diene-17a~-carboxylic acid methyl ester of melting
p~int 291-292C; UV ~238 = 16600; La]D = ~13 (c = 0-1% in
dioxane); from 17aa-acetoxy-6a,9-difluoro~ -hydroxy-3-oxo-D-
homoandrosta-1,4-diene-17a~-carboxylic acid,
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